Winemaker Notes
This Willamette Valley cellar selection stitches together pieces from multiple sites, including each of our single vineyards into a focused blend of each unique and divergent site. The 2018 Old Eight Cut opens with silky tannins characterized layers of red and blue fruit, more complex aromatic notes of baking spice and mulberry, and a finish with ample cool-climate acidity.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This appellation blend has a combination of four sites and delivers vibrant,crushed-rose perfume and a wealth of red cherries and sliced strawberries. Some tarry, savory notes, too. Very plush, attractively fresh feel to the palate, which has complexity and a wealth of ripe, concentrated fruit. Depth and richness is a hallmark of the vintage.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium ruby in color, the 2018 Pinot Noir Old Eight Cut offers bright raspberry fruit with notes of charcuterie, dried citrus peel, dusty earth and tea leaves. Medium-bodied, the palate opens up to lush, super spicy and very juicy fruits, anchored by finely textured tannins and finishing very long, lifted and detailed.
Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.
The potential of Willamette Valley Pinot noir continues to attract the investment of serious growers and winemakers both locally and from abroad, as naturally the finished wines bring accolades from professionals and enthusiasts. With a range of styles from delicate dried cherry, raspberry and hibiscus to stronger notes of truffle, mocha, plum and spice, a fine Willamette Valley Pinot noir is a perfect expression of both character and grace.